# Optics & Camera Engineering Lead at Specter

- Company: Specter
- What the company does: Search 55M companies, 550M people and every funding or M&A event in real time—surface hidden startups, size markets and act first. Backed by Entrepreneur First.
- Company website: https://tryspecter.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-10-16
- Apply by: 2026-11-30
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/specter/b9bb757b-b8c7-42ec-af58-9af4ac395d23?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/specter-optics-and-camera-engineering-lead/

## About the role

Specter is hiring an Optics & Camera Engineering Lead to own camera performance across our product portfolio. This individual will own the imaging stack end to end: sensor and lens selection, optical requirements tied to CV/ML and customer outcomes, vendor and JDM programs, test campaigns and results analysis, and high volume production. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Translate customer use cases and CV/ML performance into camera requirements using pixel-density frameworks such as IEC 62676-4 DORI
- Run coverage and range trade studies across sensor resolution, FOV, mounting height, pixel density, IR range, inference load, power and cost
- Define MTF, aperture, distortion, relative illumination, stray light and NIR focus targets, and tie them to measured model precision and recall at distance
- Design and run real-world field test campaigns across sites, lighting and weather, and use the resulting model and image-quality data to close the loop from camera change to quantified customer impact and drive design decisions
- 8+ years in optical, imaging or camera systems engineering, with multiple camera products shipped to volume production
- Fluency across the stack, from how image quality affects CV/ML and the end user down to lens design, mechanics and test

Tags: Engineering

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/specter-optics-and-camera-engineering-lead/